Regularly we get questions about fish parasites. Last year a new parasite was discovered in the northeastern portion of Wisconsin in 10 lakes. Heterosporis, a microsposporidan parasite. The DNR is not ...

Using genome reconstruction, scientists unveiled a once 'invisible' fish parasite present in many marine fish world-wide that belongs to the apicomplexans, one of the most important groups of ...

Working with raw fish can be tricky from a food safety standpoint. Thankfully, there's an easy way to inspect it before you ...

More than 90% of popular freshwater fish in Southern California are carrying human-infecting parasites, researchers say. This poses a significant danger for those who like to eat freshly caught ...

At the heart of the Amazon, researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the world. Parasites called myxozoa infect fish populations with deadly diseases, ...

Fish parasites, particularly acanthocephalans and cestodes, are emerging as valuable bioindicators of heavy metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems. Research has demonstrated that these parasitic ...

Oregon officials have killed about 160,000 rainbow trout to stop the spread of a pathogen they hadn’t seen before. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff discovered the parasite after they ...

More than 90 percent of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contain a parasite that is capable of inducing strokes or heart attacks in the humans who eat them. Researchers said the ...

Parasites that eat fish tongues and take their place in the mouth have been found in a batch of seabream arriving at a port in the U.K. The parasites, Cymothoa exigua, were first spotted in the ...

A post shared online by Galveston Island State Park has taught some Texans about the existence of a common parasite that terrifyingly replaces the tongues of fish. The parasite, which the park ...